MGASA-2022-0167

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    MGASA-2022-0167

    Published: 12 May 2022Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-40839

    Summary: Updated python-rencode packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory. (CVE-2021-40839)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0167.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30051, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/MCLETLGVM5DBX6QNHQFW6TWGO5T3DENY/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-rencode

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python-rencode?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.6-2.1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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